Find a top line LW please

Created by: Commonsense27

Team: 2021-22 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 6, 2021

Published: Jul. 6, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

Obviously the Miller trade is not going to happen but I'm curious of Vancouver fans would be interested. Obviously losing Gally isn't ideal but the habs are too deep at RW for them to have him at that cap number. And I don't see that contract aging well. Drouin I think they should trade but I doubt they will get the return that they should. If they don't then convince him to stay. Maybe he will regain some early season form and increase his trade value. Losing Danault will suck short term but I honestly think someone is going to pay him 6mil on the open market. I can' t see the habs paying that nor should they. Evans and Poehling imo will be a very good 3rd and 4th line centers for the next decade. Poehling is very underrated on this site. Lehky and Armia's contracts are hard to predict but they are both valueable bottom 6 forwards that the habs should keep for the right price. And Barrie's contract is essentially just a salary holder for Suzuki's contract next year. They can afford an overpay for one year.

Imo this team has a legit shot at winning/being competitive if KK establishes himself as a 2C (which could be his breakout season) and Romanov can fill Chiarot's place with ease.

The big goal they should have this offseason would be not to screw themselves with hefty longer term deals that would make the KK, Suzuki, Caufield and Romanov upcoming new deals a lot harder to manage.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kotkaniemi, Jesperi	3	$2,500,000
Poehling, Ryan	2	$950,000
Lehkonen, Artturi	2	$2,000,000
Fleury, Cale	2	$950,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Perry, Corey	1	$1,000,000
Armia, Joel	3	$2,500,000
Barrie, Tyson	1	$7,000,000

Trades

MTL

SEA

Chiarot, Ben

Additional Details:

Expansion

MTL

Miller, J.T.

VAN

Gallagher, Brendan
2021 2nd round pick (TBL)
2021 2nd round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

Might have to add more

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $1,958,333

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$70,854,287	$597,561	$1,557,500	$10,645,713

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Miller, J.T. $5,250,000$5,250,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 2	Suzuki, Nick $863,333$863,333 ($537,500$538K) C UFA - 1	Caufield, Cole $880,833$880,833 ($300,000$300K) LW, RW UFA - 2
Drouin, Jonathan $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2	Kotkaniemi, Jesperi $2,500,000$2,500,000 C UFA - 1	Toffoli, Tyler $2,125,000$2,125,000 RW, LW UFA - 3
Armia, Joel $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 4	Poehling, Ryan $950,000$950,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 6
Byron, Paul $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Evans, Jake $750,000$750,000 C UFA - 1	Perry, Corey $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW UFA - 2
Lehkonen, Artturi $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Edmundson, Joel $875,000$875,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Weber, Shea $7,857,143$7,857,143 RD UFA - 5	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 5
Romanov, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($637,500$638K) LD RFA - 1	Petry, Jeff $2,343,750$2,343,750 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4	Allen, Jake $2,875,000$2,875,000 G UFA - 2
Kulak, Brett $925,000$925,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Barrie, Tyson $7,000,000$7,000,000 RD UFA - 3
Norlinder, Mattias $859,167$859,167 ($82,500$82K) LD RFA - 3	Fleury, Cale $950,000$950,000 RD RFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Ylönen, Jesse $880,833$880,833 ($0$0$0$0) RW, LW RFA - 2
Mysak, Jan $850,833$850,833 ($0$0$0$0) C, LW RFA - 4
Primeau, Cayden $880,833$880,833 ($0$0$0$0) G RFA - 1
Ouellet, Xavier $737,500$737,500 ($0$0$0$0) LD/RD UFA - 1
Dauphin, Laurent $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) C UFA - 1
Vejdemo, Lukas $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) C, LW, RW UFA - 1

Top Comments

Jul. 6, 2021 at 9:04 p.m.

PeterForsberg21

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VAN would rather keep Miller, he can play all forward positions and all special teams. VAN would want Romanov, which MTL is not going to do.

Jul. 6, 2021 at 9:07 p.m.

NYR1983

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You’re in the finals down 3-1…. They are already legit winning and being competitive.. win the cup, I doubt it but it’s still possible. Losing Gallagher, who’s been the heart and soul of the team isn’t going to work out. I do like JTM but I don’t think he gives the same thing gally does

Jul. 6, 2021 at 9:11 p.m.

palhal

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Not saying that the trade proposed is bad for Montreal or Vancouver. But geez the Habs GM would be on the list of "dishonest" GMs to negotiate with if he trades Gallagher who signed an extension with a NTC.

Jul. 6, 2021 at 9:12 p.m.

Commonsense27

Joined: Jan. 2017

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Quoting: NYR1983

Everyone loves Gally as they should, more effort than any other play i've seen. But they need a LW and need to sacrifice something to get one, they can afford losing a RW, his contract is not going to age well at all, I would not be shocked if his production falls off drastically over the next couple years and they need the cap room going forward. Miller isn't the same player but he brings a lot more because he plays LW. You're essentially trading a third line RW for a first or second line LW

Jul. 6, 2021 at 9:14 p.m.

Commonsense27

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Quoting: palhal

Fans would hate him for it forsure, but as a GM you need to act like this is a business and not try to appease the fans. Winning will appease the fans lol. And at least he'd be traded to a city he would enjoy since he is from there

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